Ever thought to yourself, This Christian life is not all it’s cracked up to be?
If you feel disappointed with your spiritual life, it may be because you’re not relying on the Holy Spirit. In this message, Dr. Stanley explores the essential role that the third person of the Trinity plays in each believer’s life. Don’t miss out on the greatest Helper God gave us-Himself as the Holy Spirit. Ford
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at no point since the moment you trusted
Christ as your personal Savior have you
ever been alone at no point have you
ever been helpless you may have felt
helpless but when you trusted Jesus as
your Savior God’s seal upon you his
absolute assurance to you is the
indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit
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InTouch God the Holy Spirit our helper
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when you trust in the Lord Jesus Christ
as your Savior you probably thought
things were gonna be rather easy for you
it just may be that things got tougher
for you and as a result you begin to
question God where he was and why didn’t
he answer your prayers and why didn’t he
keep his word well he has kept his word
God always keeps his word he knows that
all of us will face situations and
circumstances in life that it’s
difficult for us we don’t know which way
to turn this is why he said to his
disciples before he left he was going to
send them someone that he called the
helper and this helper would be with
them throughout their life this helper
is called the Holy Spirit because you
see God has made an awesome deposit for
every one who is willing to believe him
willing to trust him
the Bible talks about God being God the
Father God the Son God the Holy Spirit
the three persons of the Trinity
sometimes people confuse with that so I
want to show you a brief diagram just to
give you an idea that really they’re all
one and if you’ll notice there is God as
God the Father who’s the creator and the
sovereign ruler of the universe God the
Son Savior Lord God the Holy Spirit a
helper and our empower all three persons
of the Trinity make up the Godhead so in
this message I want us to see what God
has done for you
what is at your fingertips what is
deposited in your heavenly account if
you are willing to yield yourself to him
and draw from these awesome reserves
that God has placed it’s your account
what do you do when you go through
difficult times when you find yourself
maybe your backs to the wall you don’t
know what to do how do you go to do you
cry out to God probably do at some point
well what I want you to see is this that
God has very specifically said I have
sent you a help art a helper is someone
who’s going to be there for you when you
need him in fact this help is going to
always be there so I want you to turn to
the 14th chapter John because Jesus
right before he was crucified the night
before he told them some of the most
awesome things and he was preparing them
because he was going to be crucified
listen the next day he was going to the
cross the next day he was going to the
tomb he was going to be resurrected and
then another point out there he would
meet them but at this point it looked
very dismal he made all these promises
and now he’s getting ready to die and in
spite of all the things he said he’s
going to die that overshadowed
everything else so if you look in the
fifteenth verse of the fourteenth
chapter of John if you love me you will
keep my Commandments and then he said
knowing he’s getting ready to leave them
I will ask the Father now watch this
here’s the whole Trinity in one verse I
will ask the Father that’s Jesus
speaking and he will give you another
and capital H the helper who is the Holy
Spirit that he may be with you for how
long forever not a short period of time
but forever
he says I’m leaving you but I’m gonna
give you a helper capital that is a
person of the Trinity the Holy Spirit
he’s going to be with you forever
that is the spear
of Truth whom the world cannot receive
because it does not see him I know him
but you know him because he abides with
you and will be in you I will not leave
you as orphans I will come to you at no
point since the moment you trusted
Christ as your personal Savior have you
ever been alone at no point have you
ever been helpless you may have felt
helpless
but when you trusted Jesus as your
Savior God’s seal upon you his absolute
assurance to you is the indwelling
presence of the Holy Spirit God the
Father God the Son God the Holy Spirit
three persons of the Trinity your
guarantee that you go into heaven when
you die so I wonder in your personal
life what part does the Holy Spirit and
what part has the Holy Spirit had in
your life you probably got saved like I
did and they tell me at 12 years of age
child you be a good boy in one of these
days you have done go to heaven
being a good boy was little tough at 12
years of age but anyway that’s all they
told me that’s it be good
well I often times I wasn’t always good
that’s all that they never told me that
I had this awesome Holy Spirit within me
to help me to grow up help me to be what
God wanted me to be help me to do what
God wanted didn’t tell me any other
thing like that the same God who saved
you saved me the same holy spirit who
indwells me in dwells you and when I
think about people who go to church 20
30 40 50 years and that person lived
their whole life and never knew the
treasure of their life living within
them and they never were told about him
and I think about whoever you are
wherever you go to church if you never
hear about the Holy Spirit you need to
change churches because somebody isn’t
telling you the whole story the whole
story is God the Father God the Son and
God our helper the Holy Spirit
so he said to them I’m going away and
I’m gonna send you another that is the
Holy Spirit will be your comforter now
watch this carefully what is the work of
the Holy Spirit what does he do in the
president’s life what I want you to
realize is this I’m simply gonna tell
you what’s true I’m gonna tell you
what’s true about you
I’m gonna tell you about this awesome
asset that God has deposited within you
to help you every single moment of your
life as much as you willing to call upon
him trust and rely upon him believe in
what he’ll do for your life I’m simply
saying you have God the Holy Spirit
living within you and notice what he
calls Jesus called the Holy Spirit
helper how many of you have everything
that help every one of us needed help
and we have the great infinite awesome
all-powerful helpful living with inside
of us willing to give us direction and
guidance and other help when that help
is needed so let’s look at it for a
moment so what is one of the first works
of the Holy Spirit when you were saved
how are you saved the work of the Holy
Spirit and when the Holy Spirit comes he
will convict the world concerning sin
righteousness and judgment that is one
of his first works in our life is the
convicted of sin to make us realize that
we’re sinning against God and that we
need a Savior
and he lives within us therefore when
you and are daily in our life when we
have a bad thought I say something we
shouldn’t treat some other way we
shouldn’t treat them failed to do what
we need to do that feeling we get is not
just a feeling that is the work of the
Holy Spirit reminding us of who we are
followers of Jesus and that shouldn’t be
in our life this should be in our life
that’s what should be in our life that’s
who you should love in other words he’s
at work in our life whoever you are
whether you recognize it or not he’s at
work in your life you may think it’s
just you’re feeling the Spirit of God is
at work in your life
a second thing he does a very important
is
in Ephesians 1:13 which says this in him
that is in Jesus you also after
listening to the message of truth the
gospel of your salvation also believed
he said you having also believed you
were sealed in him with the Holy Spirit
of promise now what does that tell you
watch this carefully a seal in those
days meant something was authentic
something was authentic it also spoke of
ownership and also spoke of protection
we have within us an awesome protector
and so he says the Holy Spirit of God
has sealed us now what does that mean to
you for example who have been taught
that you can be saved and lose your
salvation that’s not true listen God
doesn’t break his own seals he sealed
you which means just what we said you
owned by God God is living within you
you’re under his divine protection and
everything we need he has provided and
so when we think in terms of the Holy
Spirit we’re not talking about some
spirit we’re talking about the person of
the Godhead living within you has sealed
you now what does that say about people
who think and be saved and be lost watch
this who can break a divine seal the
devil can’t you can’t you wouldn’t want
to and so here’s what God seen when you
trusted him as your personal Savior he
sealed you as one of his children you
offer ever a child of God now I know
what some people are thinking well that
means how I can just send like the devil
and I’ll be say tried the Holy Spirit
within you first of all will convict you
and make you miserable he’s going to
make you miserable for years if it’s
necessary keeping reminding you that
you’re living an ungodly life you’re
living a holy life God isn’t pleased for
that you’re gonna miss blessing after
blessing after blessing and then people
wonder well what’s wrong with my life
what’s wrong with your life is sin in
your life he’s ignoring the Holy Spirit
who’s trying to say Lord look
look look what you’re doing that’s not
necessary that is God’s awesome love the
Holy Spirit has sealed you with a divine
heavenly seal you are his he’s your
helper then the third thing he does and
this simple way of saying what we have
saying in Romans 8:11 he indwells us
that isn’t something that the Holy
Spirit’s up in heaven and we are down
here it’s a long ways I’m not sure and
only go listen to this but at the spirit
of him who raised Jesus from the dead
dwells in you he who raised Jesus from
the dead will also give life to your
mortal bodies through his holy spirit
who indwells you that is we have a gift
that is an eternal gift and that’s the
Holy Spirit marked by his ownership so
when I saw this one you and I sinned
against God we are violating his
principles violating the very person he
sent the sealless to make us one of his
own to be our helper we are his children
we are under his divine leadership he
says he indwells us I wonder how people
would live if they thought every day I’m
in 12 I hold a yard if you thought in
your life every single day when you wake
up in the morning that you’re in dwelt
by holy God because you are the Holy
Spirit he’s there to Enduro us to enable
us to do anything and everything that he
was required of us a full thing he does
is he teaches us listen the 14th chapter
John the 26th verse but the helper the
Holy Spirit whom the father will send in
my name he will teach you all things and
bring all things to your remembrance now
think about this the moment you now
received we have the teacher the teacher
above all teachers within us he’s the
one who helps us understand the truth
he’s the one who helps us convey truth
other people he’s the teacher for
example when you find yourself in a
difficult situation and you’re looking
for a pastor description Lord what
should I read he
the one who would show you where to go
he’s the one who will interpret the Word
of God he’s the one who will encourage
you he says he’s a helper he encourages
us bringing us to the right passage
helping us to see what God thinks about
our situation what the circumstances are
we have this awesome asset that many
people ignore in their life and they’ll
say oh I don’t read the Bible much
because I don’t I don’t understand it
how do you learn to understand the Word
of God about reading it and by trusting
the Holy Spirit
thank how many times you face the
difficult situation in your life and
what did you know you turn to a passage
of Scripture or you were just flipping
through the Bible and this particular
first hit you do you think God you know
I needed that yes he does that’s why he
led you there watch what he says he says
I’m sending you another capital H helper
we have a divine supernatural godly
helper within us to help us in every
circumstance of our life and then of
course he will guide us when he the
spirit of truth comes he will guide you
into all truth so somebody says well you
know I’m trying to make a decision in my
life and I’ve evaluated this and that
the other and I’ll talk to us and so
have you talked to God the Holy Spirit
who lives within you is willing to give
you guidance in every single decision
you face when you’re making a decision
in your business making a decision your
personal life relationship tellers
financial whatever it might be
did you ask him to give you direction he
will give us he will show us the truth
when when he comes he will guide us into
all truth that is you can’t think of a
question about your life that in which
you need something that he won’t show
you what to do he’s there to show you to
give you divine guidance and direction
what about your children for example you
want your children when they get into a
situation they don’t know what to do
they want you to come to them as parents
and ask and trust you to help them and
so we get into situations in
circumstances and we don’t know what to
do what do we do we run ask somebody
else
it’s okay to ask somebody else but you
should ask God first if you will ask the
Lord first lord give me wisdom and
direction he says he will guide us into
all truth whatever I need in direction
he’s more than willing to show us if
we’re willing to take the time to ask
him and believe what he says and
sometimes if you ask him about something
what he tells you is not going to be as
easy as what your friends tell you but
first of all that I’m knowing about it
anyway
they just know partly but the Holy
Spirit of God is willing to teach you
and to show you exactly what to do in
every single situation then I think
about what he says that he does in and
through us in Galatians chapter 5 22
here’s what he says he says the fruit of
the Spirit that is this is what he
produces in us see if it’s in you the
fruit of the Spirit is love joy peace
patience kindness goodness faithfulness
gentleness self-control you see any of
those you need I need them all and the
truth is we all need them all well look
at it look at this someone’s giving you
a hard time and you feel very impatient
but you can really afford to do that you
can’t be impatient you have the Holy
Spirit to give you his patience
sometimes for example somebody that you
just don’t love that you infect you
they’re just obnoxious and you think you
sit in church and listen to sermons and
you stand up and sing and you pray but
deep down in your heart you can’t stand
them so what so what happens you ask
though let’s really let me tell you
something it it will be amazing and how
God can change your attitude so it’s
somebody that you don’t want anything to
do with now you don’t tell him how to do
it you just say Lord you know I don’t
love them I did this is the reason I
don’t and I need I need just what you
said God you just got to love them
through me you will be amazed what the
idol doing
your life has changed your attitude your
thinkable Lord I didn’t know I wasn’t
that obnoxious myself and so what
everything begins to change 1 and listen
patience joy peace goodness faithfulness
gentleness self-control all of us need
self-control where do we get it we trust
the Holy Spirit to exercise self-control
through us that’s what you tell me Holy
Spirit I want you to exercise
self-control what I see what I do
what I hear I want your control in my
life not mine
he will exercise that through us and so
as you and I yield to the Holy Spirit
here’s what happens all non gifts of the
Spirit the Spirit of God begins to work
them into our life and so what happens
their life changes and then he also has
one of his responsibilities to remind us
look in John 14 the 26th verse for all
it and he says to them but the helper
capital H the Holy Spirit the helper the
Holy Spirit whom the father will send in
my name he will teach you all things and
bring to your remembrance all that I
said to you now think about this these
twelve disciples had walk with Jesus for
three years they had seen a lot they had
heard a lot from walking on water to
feeding 5,000 to healing bartimaeus
to raising Lazarus they’d seen a lot now
watch this so their life is consumed
with this miraculous life but all of a
sudden he’s gone and they’re over here
watch this they had no notes they didn’t
have a notepad they didn’t have a
computer they didn’t have a Bible they
think about where that left them all
they had is what they remembered how
much did they remember imagine walking
with him three years and seeing this and
that and never knowing what was going to
happen and doubting him here and there
and so forth and all of a sudden he
is gone this is the reason he said to
them sit down in the city of Jerusalem
until you be filled in dude with the
Holy Spirit who will bring all things to
your remembrance think about how much
you remember when you have read the Word
of God we are gifted with a treasure
called the Bible and the Holy Spirit our
teacher our guide the one who helps us
to interpret it you can read it you can
hear it but most of all you apply it God
didn’t leave us empty so when you trust
Jesus as you save you you receive this
awesome treasure of the Holy Spirit so
when you think about that think about
how selfish it is and then of course he
says he will equip us with spiritual
gifts in the 12th chapter first
Corinthians one of spiritual gifts well
for example there probably seven major
spiritual gifts that’s the gift of
prophecy of teaching of mercy
encouragement of service of giving have
administration all gifts probably fall
into those seven and so the truth is
watch this you have a spiritual gift and
so he gives us the gifts and exercises
those gifts in our life according to
what he wants us to do what he’s called
us to do somebody says I don’t have any
gifts yes you do you do have gifts it’s
a question of asking God to show you and
thinking about what you do what you need
to do what you need help in and he’ll
show you what that is then of course he
empowers us in that first chapter of
Acts per seat he said you will receive
power after that the Holy Spirit comes
upon you and you shall be my witness
that is he will release within us the
energy and the strength and the
authority to do whatever he wants us to
do that’s the promise of Almighty God
when you think you just can’t go another
step what do you do you ask the Holy
Spirit to help you to give you guidance
to give you strength and energy you can
watch this the Holy Spirit is practical
the Holy Spirit does follows what we
cannot do for ourselves
he has equipped us in every single area
of our life then I just mentioned one
other and that is he says in Ephesians
chapter 5 18 be filled with the spirit
which simply means this continually
allow the Holy Spirit to live in your
life give you guidance give you
direction fill those needs whatever
those needs may be to be filled with the
Holy Spirit means we’re to live in the
conscious presence of the Holy Spirit
living with the house in order to help
us and enable us so that no believer has
a legitimate excuse for not obeying God
he has equipped you to do whatever he
wants you to do he has equipped you to
have enough of what he wants you to have
to understand what he wants you to
understand to be the person he wants you
to be you have not honored the promise
but when he sealed you as a child of God
you are equipped to do and to become
whatever God had in mind when he brought
you into this world now think about the
people who’ve never heard that they’re
just living out their life the best they
can
haven’t you heard people say well how
you doing just doing the best I can
that’s no way to live the best I can is
not very good the best he can is awesome
absolutely awesome the best he can do
so the Holy Spirit is our helper our
friend our sustainer a provider he’s
everything Jesus said I’m going away but
I’ll send you the helper and when he
comes here’s what he’ll do so let’s go
back for a second to this chapter 14
chapter I will ask the Father and He
will give you another helper capital H
that he may be with you forever
not fortunately that is the Spirit of
Truth whom the world can’t receive they
don’t understand it because it doesn’t
because the world doesn’t seem unknowing
but you know him because he abides with
you and will be in you I will not leave
you as orphans I will come to you now
where do you get it more encouraging
than that amen
you should be praising the Lord thanking
God but who he is in you that he hasn’t
left you to do it yourself whatever you
do in life it’s not you to just do it
yourself you have four times he called
the Holy Spirit the helper to enable us
and to help us do his will amen
father how grateful we are we could
never thank you enough we praise you for
for giving us the Holy Spirit in our
life every single day to enable us to do
and to be what you’ve called of us I
pray the Holy Spirit has spoken to every
person here today that every person will
walk away encouraged in their heart
reminded in their heart challenged in
their heart or convicted in their heart
and you have something for them to do
that this your will for their life and I
pray that they’ll surrender to that we
love you and we praise you we bless your
Holy Name and we pray this in your
wonderful blessed name
Jesus amen if you’ve been blessed by
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